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Written by leading historians "Who's Who in British History" presents history in the form of biography- but not in the standard "Who's Who" presentation. Each entry is instead an extesive essay (up to 5,000 words) that attempts to describe fully the life of each man or woman chosen for inclusion and explain how each one was influential in his or her time-and to define a continuing influence that warrants inclusion in a work of this kind. Each entry ends with the author's recommendations for further reading.
Presenting figures from Geoffrey Chaucer to Queen Victoria, from Shakespeare to John Wesley, Sir Walter Ralegh to Dickens- in all some 1,700 figures from what one scholar has called "the greatest history of them all"- "Who's Who In British History "certaintly confirms with this new edition its position as one of the definitive texts on its subject.